Publications by John R. Patrick | Attitude LLC
It seems like I have been writing papers for a long time. Engineering school did not require any I can recall. However, I wrote a thesis (included here) for my masters degree back in 1971. Then I went dark for a long time until I got heavily involved with Internet technology, while I was at […]
Net Attitude Meets Health Attitude
Net Attitude is now available on Kindle in addition to paperback. Health Attitude is available in paperback, Kindle, and Audible. Net Attitude is a new version of my first book, which was published in 2001. Here is what some thought leaders had to say about the new version. “Net Attitude is a creative and useful […]
Track Your Health And Be Healthier
Saturday morning at 7:50 AM, I will be talking about healthcare gadgets with George DiGianni on KTCK, The Ticket, a Dallas, TX radio station. You can listen live here. The focus of the program will be consumer healthcare devices. As I wrote in Health Attitude, people who track their health are healthier. There is an explosion of new […]
Key Issues for Healthcare in 2016
The Health Research Institute (HRI) at PwC (formerly PriceWaterhouseCoopers) describes the top health industry issues it sees for 2016. They are summarized below with my own interpretation. You can read the full report at Top health industry trends and issues 2016: PwC. 2016 will see a continuation of high-profile mergers and acquisitions in the healthcare industry. The emerging […]
40 New and Important Healthcare Apps
Venture capitalists are investing in healthcare startup companies at a fast pace. Becker’s Healthcare published a list of 40 apps they believe are important. Some of these probably will not succeed but reading the list offers a good glimpse of the future of healthcare. The apps fall in a number of categories including telehealth, prescription management, […]